On November 8th, 2016, the impossible became possible. The man that everyone laughed at, the media, the politicians, the pundits, the elitists, they all laughed uproariously when Donald Trump threw his hat into the ring. “Apprentice??!!” they laughed. “Wild hair and twitter” they snickered. “He’s never held a political office and doesn’t know what politics is all about” they harrumphed. His escapades made all the Main Stream Media cackle, and the liberal/progressives scream in delight. The Republican Establishment haughtily sneered down their noses at this pretender. “We have Jeb Bush lined up for the canonization, how dare this fraudster come amongst us and smearing our good name” they disdainfully declared. But just like dominoes, one by one, the Republican contenders dropped out. This so-called ‘fraudster, uncouth gangster’ showed more class in his support of one of his opponents than the entire Republican establishment showed anyone, when, at the start of the debate, Dr. Carson’s name was called The doctor didn’t hear the call, but, Mr. Trump, instead of walking by, waited with the good doctor, and walked in together with him. The rest just smiled and smirked and passed both by, but Donald Trump waited with Ben Carson. This was the inkling that America had of what The Donald was. Just because you have something, doesn’t make you better than anyone else. If Donald had thought that, he would’ve passed Ben by.

This is what America voted for. Not someone with flowery speeches of airy ideas about pie-in-the-sky dreams. They voted for someone who cares. Yes, Donald Trump blusters, but he picks carefully what he blusters about. His detractors and naysayers and Never-Trumpers never understood that. Donald spoke to the heart of people who had been left behind by the elites in both parties, the liberal/progressives, and a president that spoke only to his clique. Donald spoke about the greatness of America, and Donald spoke to the pain of the small town, middle class, white, black brown, yellow, and green (military) Americans, who have been bypassed and marginalized by a liberal minority intent on shrinking American influence and prosperity in the name of ‘globalization’ and ‘one world government’ under the auspices of the UN. Just as the UK did in the BREXIT vote to the EU, Americans rejected the idea of UN governance of our country.

Clinton’s supporters all claim this was jury-rigged by Russian hackers releasing damaging emails. They claim, as well as Hillary, that, based on the popular vote, Hillary is the rightful heir-apparent and should be crowned president. And, as usual, they are wrong. The election wasn’t lost because Russians hacked Hillary’s emails. The emails were just the icing on the cake. Hillary Clinton was a flawed candidate to begin with. Hillary had none of the charisma and ease with people that her husband, Bill, had. Hillary’s confidantes continually said, “If you knew the real Hillary, you’d see a different person”. The problem is, unless you WERE a Hillary confidante, or a big-money donor, then you would NEVER see the ‘real’ Hillary. Too many people, all the low-level scrubs, saw their real Hillary. She was a vehement, sarcastic, foul-mouthed person that expected people to grovel when she approached. This is why she never felt like visiting the Rust Belt, or the Bible Belt. The Clinton campaign lost because they lost touch with the people.

Donald knew what the people felt. He visited, not the big states of California and New York over and over again, but the states where manufacturing and industry had fled. Where people, young, old, black, white, brown, etc., were hurt and hurting, because there weren’t any jobs. Companies being run by accountants were outsourcing jobs, bringing in visa workers, because they were ‘cheaper’. Foreign governments, primarily China, were devaluing their currency against the dollar to influence their old school buddies to move work to their countries. Donald saw this, and he worked to give people hope. The left claimed that Donald was fear mongering. No, Donald was HOPE mongering. As a businessman, Donald knows that you are only as good as your word. What he offered people at his rallies was not clichés, not vague promises. He offered his word, and he offered hope. Hope to all of those who have been literally disenfranchised by the political system. Hope that tomorrow will be better for them, for their children, for their grandchildren, and for the future.

One of the things that Donald made sure of at his rallies was his people, those who voted for him and supported him knew throughout his campaign, that this was not going to be easy. This was going to be painful. But he guaranteed, this was going to happen. This is the reason that people voted for The Donald. They didn’t vote in ones and twos; they didn’t vote in dozens and scores. No, the people, no, the movement voted in the thousands and millions, renouncing the Obama/liberal/progressive agenda. The American people voted for real change that would benefit them. The American people voted for someone who stabilize their country, return America back to it’s place as the premier superpower, and help to provide for a prosperous country. The reason that The Wall rang out so clearly and so succinctly is that the American people, both natural and naturalized, feel that we don’t have a handle on our borders. The borders being wide open symbolizes, for many Americans, the draining of American resources out of the country, and the rampant invasion of our country by people who have ill intent on our way of life. Donald Trump’s declaration “We Will Build The Wall!” symbolizes our desire to take our country back from those who would attempt to destroy it, enemies both foreign and domestic.

Donald Trump, the gag of late night shows, the snub of the elites, the so-called misogynistic, racist, hate-mongering guy with the most racially diverse, sexually-diverse coalition since Ronald Reagan, is now President-Elect. Donald has worked to keep American jobs in America, forgoing his Thanksgiving, has received thanks from a democratically-elected president that the left deplore, and has made more cabinet picks in the first four weeks than any other president-elect in recent history. Sure Donald likes twitter a little too much. But Donald Trump has achieved more SOLID actions in his first four weeks than the preceding president has in the last eight years.

If this is how Donald Trump is before he’s actually sworn in, imagine what he’ll be like as the official President Of The United States.

Well, the Wisconsin primary is in the books. Ted Cruz has won, and the race is on for New York. And now, the establishment and the talking heads are loud and long: The Donald Is Losing!!!

Donald Trump has made missteps. His interview with Chris Matthews was definitely one. He spoke too fast, and Chris, knowing this, slipped in woman when Donald was expecting doctor. These things are what causes gaffes for The Donald. Talking down about the young woman who cried foul when she was moved out of the way wasn’t the correct thing. Instead, Donald should have, as well as Cory, pointed out that reporters are treated even more roughly, and pointed out the reporter who was beheaded. Now, if that wasn’t a rough treatment, I’ll sit out the rest of this election cycle.

Donald’s problem is, and always has been, the RNC and the party elite. The talking heads and the talk radio show hosts who knew, within themselves, that if Donald Trump was selected as the party nominee, they wouldn’t be able to control him. Instead, the elites, the super PACs, the RNC, they all worked with Ted Cruz, behind closed doors, to work on doing Donald in. In other elections, they all talk about policy and the worldview, as if they are the only ones who have the august vision of what the US should be like. Once elected, like Ted Cruz, then they proceed to do whatever the lobbyists and party elite want them to do. Ted Cruz is un-liked in Washington? Only by those who can’t get in his door. Ted Cruz has done more to stymy efforts, Republican efforts, in the name of the Tea Party, than the Democrats have done. And, through his efforts, he has caused the Tea Party to be seen as nothing more than a flea bite on the rear of an elephant, pun intended. So Ted has served the Republican elites, the lobbyists, and the self-serving, while stymying the efforts of true reform.

And now, Ted is undercutting the Republican rank and file, in the name of serving conservative values. The only values that Ted serves are his own. Listen to his speeches. Unlike Donald, who says “We” are going to make America great again, Ted says “I’m” going to save you. Ted Cruz sees himself as some kind of messiah, sort of like another senator did, and look what happened there. Donald wants to work to make us all better. Ted is only interested in making himself better. Ted Cruz has joined hands with the Republican elites, the super PACs, and the lobbyists to insure that the status remains quo in Washington.

Ted hasn’t provided anything new, and has not worked on any bills in congress that would create jobs and opportunities for Americans. Contrast that with Donald Trump, who has created, yes, created, jobs in America and elsewhere. Donald knows about trying to make a living, not living off the government.

Unfortunately, after watching the Wisconsin primary, I’ve come to the belief that the American Voting Public are really part of the MTV public: They can only concentrate on what’s happening immediately in front of them, and believe that’s all the reality they need to be concerned about. I thought Wisconsin was a more proud and discerning state. That the voters would look beyond momentary, forced gaffes, to what the person is. And that they would have seen that Ted Cruz is only about himself, and what he can get. I’d call Ted Cruz the Republican Obama, but I really don’t want to associate Republican with Obama. Suffice it to say, Ted is only concerned with winning for winning’s sake. If Ted wasn’t what didn’t he denounce his people when they lied about Ben Carson, and go on CNN and Fox to announce the truth. If Ted wasn’t concerned with himself and winning, why didn’t he stop the super PAC that started the ad about Trump’s wife? Because he had been briefed before about the commercial, knew that Donald would raise hell, and planned to “reap the benefits” by playing the hurt husband.

Ted Cruz is a liar. He’s lied to the Tea Party. He’s lied for the Republican Party elites. He’s lied to his constituents, and to the people who voted for him. For those who think differently, do me a favor. Check all those items he’s done, and see where he could have stepped in. In each case, Ted could have stepped in, stopped the issues, and been a bigger man for it. Ted took the cheap way out, thinking that he could just stand back and reap the benefits. For all of you voters who have been sandbagged by Ted, I hope you feel the righteous anger to demand that any delegates who are not assigned, be assigned to the correct winner, Donald Trump.

Donald Trump’s only goal, only vision, is to make America great, and that is what is making the RNC and the lobbyists and the super PACs scared. Donald cannot be bought, he is self-funding. Donald cannot be guided by the elites, he knows them personally and doesn’t think much of them. Donald cuts down any super PACs that try to say they are for him. The only ones that mean anything to The Donald are the people of America. If you see Donald at any of his rallies, meetings, etc., unlike his rivals, Donald meets with the people, listens to their issues, talks to the children, talks to the down and out, and the up and coming. Race, sex, creed, does not matter, just the fact that you’re an American, proud of your country. Even if you don’t vote for The Donald, The Donald makes time for you. Contrast that with Ted Cruz. Once the rally, the meeting, what ever, is over, Ted is gone. He shows up just before, then leaves immediately after. Donald is for the people. Ted is for himself.

If you believe that the country would be safer, we’d be more respected, and the country would be great again, you need to vote for and believe in Donald Trump, because Donald believes in America. If you just want to vote for someone with a smiling face, a great sound bite, and promise you anything just to get your vote, vote Ted Cruz or Kim Kardashian. Either one would fit the bill.

“We Must All Stand Together, Or, Most Assuredly, We Shall All Swing Separate….”

Today, one of my Facebook friends decided to ask who in the Republican party he should vote for, as he wasn’t sure how to vote based on the last few days of chaos. I decided to answer him, and realized that the answer for him, is something I should pass on to all.

From my post: “Everyone wants to talk about how childish trump is, problem is, all the rest waited until it looked like trump was the leader before getting down and nasty…America knew what trump was like before, in glorious Technicolor…Trump is a businessman, and Trump knows how to move things and select people…I remember the sixties, how people were nasty and harsh, the vitriolic hatred spewed about candidates such as Nixon, and Reagan…in the seventies, the tirade of trash talking done about Reagan would make the viperous seeming speech about Trump no more than kindergarten kids talking…Reagan was an actor, a third-rate one at that…Nixon was Hitler, he’s disgusting, look how he sweats (reference to the 1960’s TV debate, talk about reaching back)…then the eighties and the trash talking about Reagan again…then the Bush years, both Bushes…if you’re gonna base your reason for voting for someone on trash talking, you may want to read up on the real trash talkers: Douglas and Lincoln, Adams, Roosevelt, Jackson; Jackson was a drunk, and most of his rallies wound up with a lot of drunkenness and debauchery…Base your vote on what someone has done: Cruz, Kasich, and Rubio have spent the last two years campaigning for election to a political position, meeting up with SuperPACs and donors to fund their election runs; Trump has also spent the last two years electioneering, but he has also been running a vast empire…of course he uses a personal plane, so he can stay in touch with everything going on around the world in his business; Trump shows me the number one thing that someone who is president needs: The ability to focus on his work AND on getting in touch with, meeting with, and working with his people, the American People, and he takes time out to speak with individuals: This Is Why Trump Is America’s Best Hope, Not America’s Best Hype: He Can Keep His Business Going And Still Work With America, Meet With America…Think about that, and think about the rest of the field…just my humble opinion…”

So, think about this: Trump has managed to build up a business empire, even though he’s taken hits, a couple of bankruptcies, a couple of divorces, but he keeps an eye on the prize, regardless of his own personal issues. He continues to keep his business going, because he put together a team that he only needs to oversee. If he can do that with his business, what makes you think he can’t pick a Cabinet that will insure America becomes great. Donald Trump may not be a conservative, but he is a Republican. The other politicians, and I repeat, politicians, want to be known as a conservative, but how did that become to mean that is a Republican? A Republican is one who believes in the Republic, and what the Founding Fathers believed, one who believes in small Federal Government, but also in insuring the States maintain the proper scale of government to support their citizens rights, freedoms, and responsibilities. A Republican is someone who also believes in each individual’s right to self-determination, and in capitalism, not socialism, but also in believing giving a person a hand up, not a hand out.

Trump is a true Republican, just as much as those who have come to his rallies and speeches. Kasich, Rubio, and Cruz are not Republicans. They are politicians, looking to maintain the political class, something that Donald and his supporters don’t like. So, I am voting for a true Republican, who understands the balance between conservatism and liberalism, and how to maintain it. Republicans are not monolithic conservatives, as much as Democrats are not monolithic liberals. The other candidates are doing a disservice to the Silent Majority, those who have been awaiting an opportunity to express themselves, and their dissatisfaction with the political elites and their mouthpieces. Now, they have their own mouthpiece, and it is one they see as one of their own: Donald Trump.

All of the liberals and all of the media mouthpieces can spout off about how Donald is loud, abrasive, and corrosive. The problem is, they are demeaning and disregarding those who are listening to, and agreeing with, The Donald. As much as the media cameras work to keep the focus on the white people at the rallies, there are as many blacks, Asians, Hispanics, etc., as his rallies as there are whites. And they all agree: Trump Speaks For Them and America.

So, you have a choice when it’s time to vote: Do you vote for someone who says they can produce? Or do you vote for someone who has produced, and plans on producing more? Me, I voted for Trump: He’s already proved he can do what he says he will do….

“We Must All Stand Together, Or Most Assuredly, We Shall All Swing Separate…”

Fox News disappointed me today. Fair and balanced may be their slogan, but they were pretty unfair to the American people in the town hall by not asking hard hitting questions. I heard Bret ask the question about the emails, and Bret knows better. He followed her lead and called the FBI investigation a “Security Review”. The FBI is a DOJ organization. The NSA, the DOD, the DOS, and the CIA are organizations that do “Security Reviews”. The DOJ performs criminal investigations only. Bret should never have allowed the interviewee to set the tone, even if it is a Town Hall. The FBI is performing a criminal investigation into the activities of Hillary, and nothing less. Bret and Fox have let us all down…

“We Must All Stand Together, Or Most Assuredly, We Shall All Hang Separate…”

It’s truly remarkable about the Republican party. We’re fighting to get the presidency, and the Republican leadership is whining about Donald Trump being the front runner. All of you sitting there chiming in, most of you are not old enough to remember Ronald Reagan. I remember the Ol’ Gipper. And I remember the harsh words from the Republican leadership then: He’s a has-been B-grade actor, what does he know about “real politics”. This has-been actor got the Soviet Union to back off, bought real prosperity to millions.

And before that has-been actor, there was Richard Nixon. We’d had the military, under the Great Society president, hamstrung. Johnson wouldn’t let our military do their job, everything had to be handled from DC. Our troops were taking hills, then orders from DC, not from Saigon, or the battalion, made us give back hills our men fought and died for. Richard Nixon, as one of his first acts, mined Haiphong Harbor, then instituted massive bombing and troop attacks, which bought the North to the Paris Peace Talks, and paved the way for our troops to come home. None of this hand-holding that Johnson was doing.

Donald Trump is a successful businessman. If Romney had issues, he had a Year, yes, a YEAR to make this known. The Republican leadership had Donald sign an oath to abide by the selection process. Now the leadership is acting like they belong in the democrat party. Donald has fought his way to this position, and the leadership needs to BACK HIM, not try and tear him down. If Cruz and Rubio have issues, they need to shove those issues in their back pockets, and stand behind the man in the lead. They signed the same oath, so, now they’re gonna go back on their words? Shows the kind of politicians they are, no different than Hillary and Bill Clinton: As long as it is for me, it’s okay, but when it’s not, I’m gonna cry and take my ball away.

Republican leadership: Do what you’re supposed to do. Get behind the front runner, give him the massive support, so we can win this. Anything else you do, shows the Republicans that are out there, that you’re no different than the democrats. This may make those who, for the first time in years that have come out for the party, decide to create a party of their own, and I think they would be able to get Trump elected, because that party would have Republicans, Democrats, and Independents of all race and sexes voting for Donald, who seems to be the only one who listens to the people, and who has plans to clean house in DC. Do you want to be part of the crew, or do you want to be swept away?

“We Must All Stand Together, Or Most Assuredly, We Shall All Swing Separate..”

As a Republican, I’ve always believed the party stood for: Personal growth and responsibility; Small federal government and government roles; Defense of the country against all enemies, both foreign and domestic; helping the disadvantaged to gain their feet, where possible, and to assist, when not, those too ill either physically or mentally to help themselves; To fight against injustice to others; To believe in a power greater than ourselves, whom we pray to for support.

I see a person who epitomizes this, who believes that the federal government’s role is to protect our borders, to negotiate from a position of strength against other countries, to build our military, to cut the fat from federal budget and to insure those programs, such as military and Social Security, receive the funding that is now going to esoteric pork programs, to acknowledge those nations that cut be an issue and develop means of dealing with those countries, to put America and her people first, and to espouse that loudly and clearly. Yet, the Republican establishment, who, in years past got behind the person who was leading at this stage, is working hard to undermine and demean the leader. Hard to believe the Republican leadership is behind such underhanded acts, at a time when the leader of the candidates is bringing in millions of voters for the Republican party.

The activities of the Republican party against Donald Trump puts them in league and in line with the Democrat party. The people, the average blue and white collar worker out there, who have cast their votes, are being ignored by the Republican leadership. This is an outrage. This is disgusting. This is something that smacks more of the democrats than any Republican ideology, yet, this is happening.

The Republican leadership, and Republican senators and representatives, should be wholly ashamed of themselves. They are acting just like democrats, and seem to be working hard to cause whoever is the democrat nominee to be elected. The Republican leadership should step back, should make the candidates who are losing shut up, and should shut down those PACs that are having a field day doing the democrats dirty work. We are supposed to be better than this. We are supposed to be united. In 2008, we made a mess of the party and the nomination, and caused us to lose the presidency to someone who has shown his ineptitude. We lost in 2012 because the Republican leadership backed off after the first debate and told Romney to “act presidential, not confrontational”. His efforts to act presidential allowed a hack who was in the process of destroying the nation another chance in the White House. Now, all the Republican leadership want to destroy our best chance of reclaiming the White House, because their ‘anointed ones’ are incapable of harnessing the anger of the voters. Donald Trump is harnessing the anger, not just of white Americans, but of black Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, hell, even Native Americans. Donald may have upset your playbook, but he’s done what few candidates this season is capable of doing: He’s pumped up the voter rolls (correct spelling, by the way, rolls, not roles, which is what a person performs in) and gotten more people more involved and excited about the Republican party since Ronald Reagan.

The Republican leadership should count themselves lucky, work to get the leader confirmed, and start the process for the general election campaign. By attempting to block Donald Trump, the leadership is basically acting like the democrat leadership and saying only those anointed by the elites are eligible. No, the leadership is not the ones that select the nominees: IT’S THE PEOPLE!!! Lest the leadership forget, let me say it again: IT’S THE PEOPLE!!!!

“We Must All Stand Together, Or Most Assuredly, We Shall All Swing Separate…”

1. That federal government, and the president, have limited powers, and should be held accountable
What does this mean? I believe that our government has three roles, and only three:
a. Provide for the common defense of our country; this means not only in a military, but in a diplomatic capacity. Our government should insure that no one takes advantage of us, and protects us from all enemies, both foreign and domestic.
b. Work with the local and state governments to encourage and work to build interstate commerce. This means insuring that all playing fields are level for all players, large or small. That small businesses are not stifled under regulations and laws that prevent growth, not only of the businesses, but of the consumers that buy the goods or services that these businesses provide. Federal government should only, ever only, take what is needed to maintain the government, and not a penny more. Anything is grasping greed. Government is not business, big or small. Government is the entity that says we are a nation, with national pride. Government does not produce anything, and thus, should not be a yoke on the neck of the people it is supposed to represent.
c. Act as our intermediary with foreign governments, as our spokesman, and as our defense. Government, and the president, are our face to the world. Although many misconstrue the idea that American television and movies are the face of the American people, the reality is: When our representatives speak, most of the world believes these representatives, including the president, speaks with our voice. As such, our government, and our president, is supposed to speak loudly, strongly, and with conviction.

2. That the only entitlements by law are Social Security and Military Retiree benefits. Welfare is not an entitlement. Welfare was designed as a means to help someone regain their footing. Welfare was designed to help those who have fallen on hard times, and need assistance in getting their feet back under them. Welfare was never meant to be, nor should it be, a way of life. Welfare should provide enough for someone to survive, not live. There are plenty of private organizations that can help, but the government does not have a role in keeping people in a style that most middle class working families cannot afford. If a family, with parents working hard, cannot afford a luxury meal, neither should someone that will not work, but wants the government to provide.

3. That small business is the major part of the engine that drives the United States of America. Small businesses should not be a battleground for Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Trade Commission, or any of the many unelected buearacratic organizations to fight on. These agencies were developed originally to insure 1. Fair trade for US businesses; 2. A means to help businesses achieve a greater goal; 3. A way for the American people to be safe, but also a means for small businesses to be safer also.

4. That education of our young should include civic education, religious education, and real education. Our country should still follow the rules we incorporated when our country started: Education is to enable us to grow, not a means for a debating society for young children who don’t have life experience to talk about, or an indoctrination center for those who have ulterior motives not related to education, regardless of their views.

5. That crime and criminals should be punished. We in the US used to punish crime and criminals. Criminals used to be made to pay for their crimes. Criminals had to work, and work hard. Anyone caught doing the wrong thing was punished. The victim used to be helped, to overcome the adversity of the crime.

I believe all of the above. I believe in the US. I just don’t believe our government is willing to do what used to make us great. The left blames the right, the right the left. The president decides which laws he will enforce, which he will ignore. The “leaders” of the Republican party spend their time reacting to what the “leaders” of the Democrat party are saying. Wall Street spends the government’s money as if it were their own, and no one is held to blame. Schools need money for school equipment, education, etc., while at the same time, schools hire more and more administrators, who do nothing but waste the schools’ monies.

“We Must All Stand Together, Or Most Assuredly, We Shall All Swing Separate…”

Well, I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Mr. Barack Obama must be impeached. The problem is that people are scared of being labeled a racist. Sorry, if you are our elected official, your job is to listen to the voice of the people. And the people say: Impeach The President!

Per the constitution: Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution says, “The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”

This president has continually taken actions that can be considered ‘High Crimes and Misdemeanors’, by usurping the authority of the elected officials. He stated that his policies were on the ballot, even though he wasn’t. And the American public responded by rejecting those who supported his policies. At that point, Mr. Obama then decided to do what he does best: Disregard the plebiscite and do what he wants to do anyway. Mr. Obama, as well as his cronies in the democrat party, blamed the losses on older white people voting and ‘people of colour’ avoiding the mid-terms. Well, Mr. Obama, I’m a ‘person of colour’ and I didn’t abstain. And I know thousands of others who didn’t either.

So, with the rejection of his policies, Mr. Obama does what he does best: throw a temper tantrum and demand that Congress enact immigration policy before the end of the year, or he would. Then, without waiting for the end of the year, Mr. Obama decides to implement his executive action anyway. Mr. Obama, you have pushed executive orders too many times, making laws, although you have no authority or responsibility to do so. Your job is to sign and implement law that the Congress has passed. If you don’t like the law, you can veto the law. You cannot, according to the constitution, create laws whole cloth out of nothing. You have violated your job, and shown that you have no regard for the laws of the land, or for the representatives of the people.

The president claims that congress has done nothing. Yet, when the democrats had both the congress and the white house, there wasn’t even an attempt at getting minor immigration law done, let alone comprehensive immigration change. When the president saw that he would be a lame duck president, however, he decided to show how he truly feels about the congress and the American people. It seems that every time Mr. Obama feels threatened, instead of working with Congress, he goes his own way. The Supreme Court has already identified areas where Mr. Obama has overreached his authority. As the above states, the president can be impeached for ‘High Crimes or Misdemeanors’. If the behavior if this president does not show ‘High Crimes or Misdemeanors’, Congress should not have ever considered the impeachment of Nixon or Clinton.

Mr. Obama has, by his actions, made a mockery of the Constitution, even though he claims to be a constitutional lawyer. He has ripped apart the Bill of Rights, has sliced and diced the Constitution, and ignored both the Congress and the Supreme Court, the other two branches of the US Government.

If we do not hold our president accountable, if we allow the president to run roughshod over our liberties, we shall not be any better than Russia, China, Iran, Cuba, or Venezuela. We must make our representatives stand up to this impending dictator. The presidency is an elected position, one that answers to the American people. We do not answer to the emperor of the US, as there is none. Now is the time to stand firm, and tell Mr. Obama, No more, not another step, no more.

“We Must All Stand Together, Or Assuredly, We Shall All Swing Separate…”

Today, the folly and fallacy of the current president’s policies are now coming to fruition in Iraq. ISIS is banging on the door to Baghdad, and Kobani, the last strategic town in Syria, despite the numerous bombings by air frames, is nearly half overrun. And then, after all the posturing and posing, HRH Barack Obama claims that it was never his idea to pull out of Iraq. Another policy failure has come home to roost: Today, an American was determined to have caught the Ebola virus, infected here in the country, not in Africa.

We have terrorists cutting people’s heads off, not just in Iraq and Syria, but in the USA, in middle America. We also have others murdering Americans in the name of Islam and jihad, and the government that is supposed to be protecting us, ignores these happenings. The Ft. Hood terrorist, excuse me, murderer, still demands to be known for his jihad against the American infidels. The Oklahoma maniac has a Facebook page that depicts how he feels, extolling ISIS, yet the federal government refuses to call him an Islamic terrorists. With the impending collapse of Baghdad, and the possible takeover of the Baghdad International Airport, will we be seeing a repeat of Vietnam? Will we see helicopters ferrying personnel from the rooftops of the US Embassy to safe havens in the Kurdish North? Now is the time for our president to stand up and use the forces that he has to do what he should have done in 2011: Put US combat troops on the ground, a division of army as well as a brigade or two of marines, to stem the flow of ISIS, reverse their successes, and drive them out and destroy the organization.

We also need to send a brigade or two of US combat troops with support to the Ukraine, to show our resolute support for the current democratically elected government. This will help to stem the expansionist dreams of Vladimir Putin, which, incidentally, would probably cause an implosion in Moscow. This would also show our allies around the world that, although we tend to turn the other cheek, we only do that so often before we put boot to rear to help our friends.

We also need to beef up our presence in the South China Sea, and provide a warning to the Chinese military by firing warning shots at their jets that tend to want to come close to our ships and planes. By doing so, we show that we will not be intimidated, nor will we let our allies be intimidated, by China’s attempt at expansionism.
We need to firm up our southern borders, and we need to immediately deport anyone that comes over the border. We shouldn’t be moving people to other detention centers. If the countries where these people are coming from are having issues with gangs and drugs, then we should offer our assistance to help them build up their federal and local law enforcement, including providing military assistance. If these countries don’t want this help, then we should insure that all of their people are returned, and curtail any aid we are providing.

All of these things should be implemented by having our president stand up and be the man America is supposed to be. He needs to take decisive actions in Iraq, Syria, the Ukraine, with the Chinese, and on the borders. I am really afraid, as he has done with Iraq, he’ll bow his head and take no actions.

“We Should All Stand Together, Or Most Assuredly, We Shall All Hang Separate…”

ISIS is on the verge of claiming another town in Syria, one that could act as a launching point for attacks into Turkey, a NATO member. The Kurdish fighters who are besieged in this town are fighting courageously, holding out against odds that overwhelmed the Iraqi defense forces. US airplanes are bombing positions around the town, providing some relief, but the issue is not air power. The issue is ground support, support that should be coming from the coalition partners, to support the Kurdish fighters. Since barack Obama has denied US combat troops entry into the mission, this requires support from the coalition partners that will operate in Syria, namely the coalition of Muslim nations that have signed on for this effort. But there are no troops coming forward, and this is a bad thing.

We know it’s bad because of the tactical issue: without more support, the town may fall this weekend. But it’s bad on the geo-political strategic level, also. The Kurds are being hard-pressed, and need assistance. If the Muslim nations, UAE, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, came to the aid of the Kurdish people, maybe there would be an opportunity for the long broiling resentments between the two peoples to be settled. The Kurds could feel that they can broker an agreement between themselves and the Muslim nations they live in, and the Muslim nations could get support from some of the strongest, most dangerous, and most organized fighters in the region. The president should have been working to foster that kind of agreement long ago, when he said no US combat boots on the ground. By supporting the Peshmarga in Iraq, and the Kurdish forces in Syria, as well as coordinating support between the groups and the Muslim fighters, maybe something could have been salvaged. As it is, we need to support the Kurdish fighters, as they are the only ones taking a concerted stance against ISIS and their splinter groups.

I do not say the Kurdish fighters are blameless innocents. The Kurds are ferocious, and courageous, and violent. The Kurdish fighters have fought Turkish and Iraqi military to a standstill, and would stop the Taliban in its tracks. Al Qaeda never attempted to subvert the Kurdish people, because the Kurds do not believe in their form of life. For the Kurds to be able to stand as they have, reflects the Kurdish lifestyle, and the hard path the Kurds have had to travel.

The administration’s strategy of bombing the ISIS fighters to “degrade and eventually destroy” ISIS only works if we are willing to use nuclear warheads. This is an unthinkable action. The use of airpower does not guarantee that ground will be captured, fighters on the ground will be subdued or eliminated, and gains will be achieved. Air power is only effective in concert with a coordinated ground campaign. And despite the many pundits elaborating on the media outlets, a ground campaign does not require the use of hundreds of thousands of troops. A decent infantry division, backed by sufficient air power, will make a severe impact and implode ISIS in its tracks. Unfortunately, we have a new-era democrat president, who believes that, like Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton before him, the military can be used piecemeal to affect “Political Changes”, despite the fact that military forces are not chess pieces for politicians. Instead of assigning a substantial number of military troops to support the air campaign, this president sends US troops into Africa to fight a disease. This president has watched Outbreak too many times. The US military is a strategic weapon of policy used to enforce decisions by the civilian politicians, or as a means of last diplomatic resolution to discussions of strategic importance. The US military is not a police or Emergency Medical Response force used to take care of those things that the president deems a problem. Use of the military in such actions degrades the combat effectiveness of the units involved, and reduces the capability of the military to respond to true military emergencies. The activities that president has ascribed to the US military would be better handled by the Public Health Service, the Center for Disease Control, Peace Corps, or any of the myriad NGOs set up specifically already for these tasks.

This president has the lowest approval rating of any president at this time of their presidency. He makes decisions based not on the needs of the country, but on political agendas. Meanwhile, in Syria and in Iraq, thousands daily are being killed, left homeless, or are fleeing one of the most horrendous groups since NAZI Germany. Even the Taliban’s efforts are paling in significance to what Baghdadi and his goons are doing, supposedly in the name of Allah.

If Islam is a religion of peace, as the president continually espouses, why are so many people raped, maimed, and killed in its name? Why are the Kurds besieged by this peaceful religion? When will the peaceful Muslims stand up and say “Enough! This Far and No Farther!” When?

“We Must All Stand Together, Or Most Assuredly, We Shall All Swing Separate…”